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The WRITING PROGRAM HANDBOOK AT MILLERSVILLE
CONTENTS
Note: The documents submitted so far (ENGL 010, 110, etc.) can be found by clicking the links below.
1. University Writing Requirements—include goals for the writing program (Big Picture)

• 1.1. Proficiency in Composition
• 1.2. Competency Examination
• 1.3. Advanced Placement
• 1.4. Sample Examinations
• 1.5. Policies and Exceptions
• 1.5.1. Plagiarism
• 1.5.2. Thesis writing
• 1.5.3. Others

2. Course Enrollment Monitoring Procedures
3. Writing Courses: Methods and Practices—include overview statement and best practices section with faculty narratives, as well as, sample syllabi, description of courses, sample assignments (w/ teacher comments), and assessment strategies.

• 3.1. ENG 010 Fundamentals of Writing
• 3.2. ENG 110 English Composition
• 3.3. ENG 110 Honors English Composition
• 3.4. ENG 311 Advanced Composition
• 3.5. ENG 312 Technical Writing
• 3.6 ENG 313 Fundamentals of Journalism
• 3.7 ENG 316 Business Writing
• 3.8 ENG 379 (Alternate rhetorics)
• 3.9 ENG 471 Creative Writing
• 3.10 ENG 472 Writing Workshop
• 3.11 Others

4. Other departmental and university programs and writing

• 4.1. BSE program and writing
• 4.2. PACE, ACT 101
• 4.3. MA program and writing
• 4.4. Links to WAC at MU
• 4.5. MBA and writing
• 4.6. First Year Experience
• 4.7. Learning communities
• 4.8. Other

5. WIN: Writers’ Improvement Network

• 5.1. Description of tutoring program
• 5.2. Description of Liaison between English and Learning Services?

6. Students with Learning Disabilities (Policies & Procedures)
7. Annotated Bibliography of Writing Textbooks
8. Information Literacy

• 8.1 Library

9. Teaching with Computers

• 9.1 Blackboard
• 9.2 Computer classrooms and smart classrooms
• 9.3 Distance Ed

10. Books, Journals and other resources available in the department and in the Dean’s office
11. Faculty Profiles
12. Contact information